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6Thanks Giving DinnerAs every year the Propeller Club, Port of Piraeus in cooperation with the AmericanHellenic Chamber of Commerce organized a membership dinner to celebrate theThanksgiving Day.During the dinner our President Mr. Vlassis N. Katrantzos offered the followingThanksgiving prayer for all of us.1. 2.3.Your Excellency, Honourable guests, Ladies andGentlemen, could you please rise.Oh, Heavenly Father,We thank thee for food and remember thehungry.We thank thee for health and remember thesick.We thank thee for friends and remember thefriendless.We thank thee for freedom and remember theenslaved.May the spirit of Thanksgiving be shared by oneand all!!Have a wonderful Thanksgiving,and may God Bless you this Thanksgiving dayand always.Mr. Ambassador, please be kind enough andjoin me at the podium, to address your Greekfriends.1. <strong>The</strong> U.S. Ambassador Mr. Charles Parker Ries refering tothe backround of the Thanksgiving Day.2. <strong>The</strong> President of the Propeller Club Mr. Vlassis N.Katrantzos extending greetings to our members.3. Snapshot from the Thanksgiving Dinner.Thank you. Vlassis and Stefanos, SecretaryGeneral Skondras, ladies and gentlemen, HappyThanksgiving.It is my pleasure to join the Propeller Club andHellenic American Chamber of Commerce againthis year for your annual Thanksgiving Dinner.Last year’s dinner was my first and I recall sayingthat I felt like I was in Pilgrim, welcomed herein the “New World” of Greece, with the hospitality,great food and useful survival tips.As I stand before you tonight, I’m still amazedby this country’s wonderful hospitality, but afterdealing with the press for a year it suffices tosay that I occasionally feel less like the Pilgrimand more like the turkey.

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